West Sussex Quality Kitemark

 

 

 

 

By completing the Kitemark we aimed to achieve the following:

·          to consider our own values and practice;

·          to develop relationships with a range of other providers, rather than working in isolation or competition;

·          to engage in self evaluation and to strive for improvement;

·          to recognise different approaches to learning;

·          to be open to new ideas and be prepared to make changes;

·          to assure the public that our setting achieves high quality provision.

Achieving the Kitemark indicates a high level of quality provision.

Our travel through the Kitemark process has taken three years, we began this journey in the summer term of 2003.  During this time we have completed eight modules achieving the West Sussex Kitemark Standards in each. 

 

Each module involved:

·            responding to self-evaluation questions;

·            observations from our Kitemark mentor;

·            working on an action plan;

·            observations from a Kitemark verifier and discussion on areas of development;

·            working on areas for development;

·            producing a portfolio;

·            evidence presented to a verification panel for approval.

The benefits of undertaking the quality assurance scheme were:

·          all areas of practice were evaluated and developed ensuring high quality provision;

·          all staff developed skills and habits of self-evaluation.

The benefits of achieving the Accreditiaiton Award are:

·          acknowledgement and recognition of high quality standards of practice and hard work;

·          raised confidence of practitioners in their own abilities;

·          indicates to others that we offer a place of high quality for children and their parents;

 

‘The essence of the Kitemark is that Quality is a journey, not a destination’  we therefore remain dedicated to continuing our mission to provide high quality provision and practice through self evaluation.